Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1925–1928

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council between the elections of 4 June 1925 and 2 June 1928. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1922 triennial election with terms expiring in 1928, while the other half were elected at the 1925 triennial election with terms expiring in 1931.

The Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903 defined 17 Provinces with two members each for a total of 34 members.[1]

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
Name Party Province Expiry Due Term in Office
Richard Abbott Country Northern 1928 1907–1913; 1922–1928
William Angliss Nationalist Southern 1928 1912–1952
Edwin Bath Nationalist Nelson 1931 1922–1937
William Beckett Labor Melbourne North 1931 1914–1931; 1934–1952
Theodore Beggs Nationalist Nelson 1928 1910–1928
Alexander Bell Nationalist Wellington 1931 1917–1931
Frederick Brawn Nationalist Wellington 1928 1907–1934
Alfred Chandler Nationalist South Eastern 1931 1919–1935
Frank Clarke Nationalist Melbourne South 1931 1913–1955
Russell Clarke Nationalist Southern 1931 1910–1937
Henry Cohen Nationalist Melbourne 1931 1921–1937
William Crockett Country/Country Progressive North Western 1928 1919–1928
George Martley Davis Nationalist Gippsland 1931 1917–1937
Arthur Disney Labor Melbourne West 1931 1916–1943
William Edgar Nationalist East Yarra 1931 1904–1913; 1917–1948
George Goudie Country North Western 1931 1919–1949
John Harris Country North Eastern 1928 1920–1946
Howard Hitchcock Nationalist South Western 1931 1925–1931
John Percy Jones Labor Melbourne East 1928 1910–1940
Herbert Keck Nationalist Bendigo 1931 1921–1937
Esmond Kiernan Labor Melbourne North 1928 1919–1940
Martin McGregor Nationalist Gippsland 1928 1922–1936
Daniel McNamara Labor Melbourne East 1931 1916; 1917–1947
James Merritt Nationalist East Yarra 1928 1913–1928
Thomas Payne Nationalist Melbourne South 1928 1901–1928
Horace Richardson Nationalist South Western 1928 1912–1934
Marcus Saltau Nationalist Western 1928 1924–1940
Herbert Smith Nationalist Melbourne 1928 1921–1935
Joseph Sternberg [a] Nationalist Bendigo 1928 1891–1928
George Tuckett Country Northern 1931 1925–1955
William Tyner Nationalist South Eastern 1928 1922–1940
Edward White Nationalist Western 1931 1907–1931
Robert Williams Labor Melbourne West 1928 1922–1938
Albert Zwar Country North Eastern 1931 1922–1935

Sir Frank Clarke was President; William Edgar was Chairman of Committees; T. R. Gilchrist was Clerk of the Council.

a On 13 January 1928, Joseph Sternberg, MLC for Bendigo, died. He was not replaced until the general election in June 1928.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Bendigo Province. By-election Will Not be Held.". The Argus. Melbourne. 28 January 1928.


Members of the Parliament of Victoria
Legislative Council

1922–1925 • 1925–1928 • 1928–1931

Legislative Assembly

1924–1927 • 1927–1929 • 1929–1932

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